Beer of the Week (w/e 29th October 2023)

[ROBCamra]

[Wittenden]

Kent:first beer for a fortnight.

Kent-Green Ernest.4.6%abv. Barley straw,stone fruit,nettley hops and an unctuously rasping resin.Lovely.My BOTW.

[Thuck Phat]

Bit of variety:

Oakham Bishops Farewell*
TT Landlord
Everards Tiger
Moongazer Cheeky Jack*
Woodforde Wherry
Brancaster Wraith*

I enjoyed the Brancaster Wraith, a Halloween special - dark, 5% with winter spices, cloves and cinnamon but BOTW goes to Moongazer Cheeky Jack. Described as Norfolk IPA it tastes more like a well balanced pale to me. Summer fruit and citrus but not overpowering with a dry, moreish finish. No problems with the 3 pint test.

[aleandhearty]

A flying visit to Horbury provided most of this week's drinking.


Fyne - Jarl.*
Nailmaker - Plum Porter.*
Fyne - Avalanche.
Blue Monkey - Primate.
Purple Moose - Penmon.*
Recoil - Obsession.
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord.
Ossett - White Rat.

The Jarl, Plum Porter and Penmon were all in excellent nick, but the Penmon just shaded it. Taken in Boons, Horbury.

[Bucking Fastard]

MK,Hertford,Croydon and Camden

Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Greene King -- Old Spooky Hen
Vocation -- Bread & Butter
Mighty Oak -- Jake the Snake
Mighty Oak -- Oscar Wilde MILD *
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Acorn -- Two Decades *
Oakham -- Citra*
Wychwood -- King Goblin
Red Willow -- Breakfast Stout * (keg)
Fullers -- London Pride (at various pubs)
Beavertown -- Gamma Ray (keg)
Hackney -- Millions of Melba Sour * (keg)
Five Points -- XPA (keg)

BOTW goes to Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde MILD in perfect NBSS 5 nick in The Old Cross Tavern.This is the best Mild I have ever had the pleasure of drinking,an old favourite with a very dry finish tempting more .

Next week visits to Leighton Buzzard and Putney for sessions and hopefully great ale.

[Tris39]

Not a bad month, with the discovery of a new beer from Thornbridge:

Adnams - Ghost Ship **½
By the Horns - Lambeth Walk **½
Five Points - Green Hop **½
Harvey’s - IPA ¼
Purity - Mad Goose **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Walthamstow - Green Hopped Pale Ale **½

A three-way tie with BOTW going to Thornbridge - Kings Canyon *** and Titanic - Plum Porter Grand Reserve *** both quaffed at The Wenlock Arms then Titanic - Plum Porter at The Coach & Horses.

[london calling]

Windsor
Steel and oak - easy.stout
Disruption - naughty little playlist
Stardust - pk3
Mad squirrel- high score
Indie rabble - west coast ipa
Two flints - west coast ipa
Any of the beers was worth botw but
Stardust- easy pale mosaic was excellent at the Windsor Trooper

[Mobyduck]

Reading , London ,Surrey , Hants.

Cask
Vibrant Forest Together In Static*
Vibrant Forest Misty Woods*
Arbor Days Like This
Moor Resonance*
Brodies Citra
Dark Star Green Hop IPA*
Mallisons Motueka
Roosters London Thunder
Wensleydale Futures So Bright*
Fell Sabro Talus*
Downlands Beyond Infinity
Nightjar Lost In Ikea*
Hop Kettle Duet Ahnatum & Loral*
Animal Heron*


Keg
Sam Smiths Extra Stout*
Verdant Sundialer*
Deya Hokum Stomp*
The Kernel DunkelWeisse*
Electric Bear Bowie or Bowie*
Neon Raptor No No Noise*

Supposedly having a quiet(er) week after Sheffield the previous weekend, not really the case. Partly from nostalgia but still a good beer, BOTW is Dark Star Green Hopped IPA, slightly sweeter than I remember but no less easy drinking, taken in The Harp at the horrendous, as I found out next day, price of £7.50/pint, don't know if they still offer CAMRA discount but I didn't take advantage.

[Tris39]

Partly from nostalgia but still a good beer, BOTW is Dark Star Green Hopped IPA, slightly sweeter than I remember but no less easy drinking, taken in The Harp at the horrendous, as I found out next day, price of £7.50/pint, don't know if they still offer CAMRA discount but I didn't take advantage.

A superb drink and I had a half/pint (?) of the stuff there a couple of weeks ago and don't recall anything untoward about the price.

[london calling]

Reading , London ,Surrey , Hants.

Cask
Vibrant Forest Together In Static*
Vibrant Forest Misty Woods*
Arbor Days Like This
Moor Resonance*
Brodies Citra
Dark Star Green Hop IPA*
Mallisons Motueka
Roosters London Thunder
Wensleydale Futures So Bright*
Fell Sabro Talus*
Downlands Beyond Infinity
Nightjar Lost In Ikea*
Hop Kettle Duet Ahnatum & Loral*
Animal Heron*


Keg
Sam Smiths Extra Stout*
Verdant Sundialer*
Deya Hokum Stomp*
The Kernel DunkelWeisse*
Electric Bear Bowie or Bowie*
Neon Raptor No No Noise*

Supposedly having a quiet(er) week after Sheffield the previous weekend, not really the case. Partly from nostalgia but still a good beer, BOTW is Dark Star Green Hopped IPA, slightly sweeter than I remember but no less easy drinking, taken in The Harp at the horrendous, as I found out next day, price of £7.50/pint, don't know if they still offer CAMRA discount but I didn't take advantage.

I don't think I would have paid £7.50 for it but as the Harp doesn't display prices I would have found out how much only when.i came to pay.£6.75 for camra members is still too dear.